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by Kathryn_Woods
Sun Jul 10, 2005 9:02 pm
Forum: Virtual Classroom - closed archive
Topic: Waster Sizing and Style
Replies: 42
Views: 186335

Re: Waster Sizing and Style

Hi Jeff & Mike --

Okay, then, it sounds like the "A" waster is the one to go with. I appreciate your help!

Cheers,

-- Kat
by Kathryn_Woods
Sun Jul 10, 2005 11:37 am
Forum: Virtual Classroom - closed archive
Topic: Waster Sizing and Style
Replies: 42
Views: 186335

Re: Waster Sizing and Style

Hello, everyone, I've been looking for a good first waster, too, and on the basis of Matt A's and Jeff G's suggestions (thanks, guys!) I'm pretty well set on the NSA waster. But I also have a question on sizing. > George Silver wrote that a properly-sized longsword > should reach about to your armpi...
by Kathryn_Woods
Tue May 03, 2005 6:56 pm
Forum: Virtual Classroom - closed archive
Topic: Mittelhau mechanics?
Replies: 66
Views: 71056

Re: Mittelhau mechanics?

Hi, Jake, > Once you complete that first mittlehau or zwerchau, pull > the blade away from it's "final point" along the same > trajectory that you cut, and keep on going around your > head (sort of...the hilt stays in front of your face) in > a "helicopter" motion, to land a stri...
by Kathryn_Woods
Tue May 03, 2005 6:04 pm
Forum: Virtual Classroom - closed archive
Topic: Mittelhau mechanics?
Replies: 66
Views: 71056

Re: Mittelhau mechanics?

Hi Leam, > Hey, you've got Shane and the VAB guys nearby, right? In > no time you'll be beating^H^H^H^H^H^H^H doing well! Pffff -- more likely, I'll be taking your sig on as my own! ; ) Seriously, though, yes, I have met the VAB guys (well, I've met Shane, Matt, Cathy, and Joel) and they are terrifi...
by Kathryn_Woods
Tue May 03, 2005 5:33 pm
Forum: Virtual Classroom - closed archive
Topic: Mittelhau mechanics?
Replies: 66
Views: 71056

Re: Mittelhau mechanics?

Hi, Leam, Ooops! Sorry about the misquote, there. New *and* dumb. ; ) But thanks for the clarification, and I think I'm getting a better visualization of what folk are talking about. Hopefully Jake will be on soon to confirm or deny what you and Jeffrey have suggested about "the helicopter"...
by Kathryn_Woods
Tue May 03, 2005 3:29 pm
Forum: Virtual Classroom - closed archive
Topic: Mittelhau mechanics?
Replies: 66
Views: 71056

Re: Mittelhau mechanics?

Hi, Jake, I'm complete neophyte, here. Like Mike, the cut coming back from the horizontal cut after vom Tag feels awkward. Everything else intuitively makes sense, but that particular cut is the most difficult one in the bunch (so far) and it feels like the weakest. And perhaps that's its purpose. A...

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